LOC Title
Emigrants [i.e. immigrants] landing at Ellis Island
LOC Summary
From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: EMIGRANTS LANDING AT ELLIS ISLAND. Shows a large open barge loaded with people of every nationality, who have just arrived from Europe, disembarking at Ellis Island, N.Y. A most interesting and typical scene. Length 140 feet. Class B. $16.80.
The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera.
The film opens with a view of the steam ferryboat "William Myers," laden with passengers, approaching a dock at the Ellis Island Immigration Station. The vessel is docked, the gangway is placed, and the immigrant passengers are seen coming up the gangway and onto the dock, where they cross in front of the camera.
LOC Contributor Names
Abadie, Alfred C. (Alfred Camille), 1878-1950, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
LOC Created/Published
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
LOC Standardized Date
1903
LOC Subject Headings
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York
- Ferries--New York (State)--New York
- Emigration and immigration
- Ports of entry--New York (State)--New York
- Immigrants--New York (State)--New York
- Ferries--New York (State)--New York
- Emigration and immigration
- Ports of entry--New York (State)--New York
LOC Notes
H33775 U.S. Copyright Office
- Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24July1903; H33775.
- Duration: 2:20 at 15 fps.
- Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.
- Paper print shelf number (LC 1591) was changed when paper positive was rehoused.
- Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- Photographed July 9, 1903.
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- Source used: Niver's Early motion pictures, p. 89.
- Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- 35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5354 to FZA 2309.
- Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24July1903; H33775.
- Duration: 2:20 at 15 fps.
- Camera, Alfred C. Abadie.
- Paper print shelf number (LC 1591) was changed when paper positive was rehoused.
- Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- Photographed July 9, 1903.
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- Source used: Niver's Early motion pictures, p. 89.
- Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- 35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5354 to FZA 2309.
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EEC Source Year
1903
EEC Format
EEC Type of Source
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EEC Index Number
199
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